Brain Training Game Improves Executive Functions and Processing Speed in the Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Rui Nouchi; Yasuyuki Taki; Hikaru Takeuchi; Hiroshi Hashizume; Yuko Akitsuki; Yayoi Shigemune; Atsushi Sekiguchi; Yuka Kotozaki; Takashi Tsukiura; Yukihito Yomogida; Ryuta Kawashima

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029676

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Brain Training Game Improves Executive Functions and Processing Speed in the Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Rui Nouchi ,

* E-mail: rnouchi@idac.tohoku.ac.jp

Affiliation Smart Ageing International Research Centre, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Yasuyuki Taki,

Affiliation Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Hikaru Takeuchi,

Affiliation Smart Ageing International Research Centre, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Hiroshi Hashizume,

Affiliation Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Yuko Akitsuki,

Affiliation Smart Ageing International Research Centre, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Yayoi Shigemune,

Affiliation Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Atsushi Sekiguchi,

Affiliation Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Yuka Kotozaki,

Affiliation Smart Ageing International Research Centre, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Takashi Tsukiura,

Affiliation Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Yukihito Yomogida,

Affiliations Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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Ryuta Kawashima

Affiliations Smart Ageing International Research Centre, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Brain Training Game Improves Executive Functions and Processing Speed in the Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Rui Nouchi,
Yasuyuki Taki,
Hikaru Takeuchi,
Hiroshi Hashizume,
Yuko Akitsuki,
Yayoi Shigemune,
Atsushi Sekiguchi,
Yuka Kotozaki,
Takashi Tsukiura,
Yukihito Yomogida

Published: January 11, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029676

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